Roald Bahr MD PhD is a Professor of Sports Medicine and the Chair of the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center at the Norwegian School of Sports Sciences. He is also the Chief Medical Officer and Department chair for Olympiatoppen and the Department of Sports Medicine at the Norwegian Olympic Training Center. He previously chaired the Department of Sports Medicine at the Norwegian School of Sports Sciences.
He is authorized as Sports Medicine Physician (Idrettslege NIMF) by the Norwegian Society of Sports Medicine and a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine. He serves as team physician for the national teams in beach volleyball.
Roald Bahr is past president of the National Council on Physical Activity, past president of the Norwegian Society of Sports Medicine, a current member of the Sports Medicine Council of the Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports, member and president of the Medical Commission of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB), and member of the IOC Medical Commission - Medical and Scientific Group. His main research area is sports injury prevention. He is a former national team volleyball player and coach.